DocBrain Strip 16

Author: DocBrain

Date: August 6, 2006

by DocBrain
8-06-06
HIPPA...what is it good for?
Nurse, transfer Mr. Jones to the nursing home.
I can't do that. Doctor. They want his medical information before they will accept him.
Well, just tell them!
No can do. It would be a HIPPA violation without his consent.
And he has dementia.
So do the people who devised HIPPA.